21 B | Meade MAX-ACF guide

close up of Indentation on fixed counterweights

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Slide the bolts into the threaded holes and tighten each securing knob by hand until it reaches the top. Then use a 1/4" shaft, such as a Phillips screwdriver, as a lever, to turn the knob very tight.

Screw in counterweight shaft into the bottom of the

22 fixed counterweight assembly until it reaches the hard stop.

Slide a screwdriver or shaft into into the hole on the

23 head of the shaft (see photo). Using the screwdriver as a lever, rotate the counterweight shaft until it tightened.

CAUTION: PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR HANDS AS YOU ATTACH THE COUNTERWEIGHTS SO NOT TO PINCH THEM DURING ASSEMBLY. ALSO TAKE CARE NOT TO DROP COUNTERWEIGHTS. THE COUNTERWEIGHTS

24 CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF DROPPED,

AESPECIALLY ON THE FOOT.

Looking at or near the Sun will cause irreversible damage to your eye. Do not point this telescope at or near the	19
Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving.

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Meade MAX-ACF instruction manual 21 B

Contents

MEADE.COM Page Contents Components of MAX Telescope Features Pedestal Assembly Pedestal Wedge Assembly Right Ascension Housing Assembly RA Assembly Declination Housing Assembly DEC Assembly MAX Tripod COUNTER- WeightsCounterweights Tripod MaleTHE OTA Optical Tube Assembly Control Panels and Ports RA Assembly Control Panel Saddle Control Panel Tour the Cosmos with Just the Push of a Button Autostar II FeaturesLibrary # of Objects Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Pedestal Assembly and Adjusting Latitude Position Tripod Assembly If you need to set for low range or high range Latitude Adjustment Assembly Requires TWO People to Lift RA Assembly DEC Saddle Assembly Attach Counterweight Assembly 21 B Attach Optical Tube to the DEC Saddle Attach LOW Latitude Counterweights When end Align the Viewfinder with the OTA Electrical Connections Home Position and Balancing the OTA To Balance the RA Assembly Balance the DEC Axis This Procedure Getting Started Mounting and Focusing the Viewfinder for the First TimeAlign the Viewfinder Focusing the Telescope To exit the focus operation at any time To select a previously defined focus presetTo sync on a focus preset Slew Speeds To prepare your telescope for Automatic Alignment Aligning for the First Time Collimation How to Drift Align Max Northern HemisphereTest your Collimation OTA align bolt. Misaligned 1, 2, Aligned Follow these steps for collimation of the optical system Parking the Scope Calibrate Home Autostar II Navigation Exercise Basic AutostarTo Calculate Sunset time Navigating Autostar Example of Locating a menu Autostar IIs Menus To slew the telescope to catalog objects Object Menu Glossary Menu Event MenuUtilities Menu Enter Setup Menu Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving Setup Menu Daylight SAVING, above Hot Button Menus To Add a Site to the user-defined site list Adding Observing SitesTo Edit a Site To GO to a user-entered object Creating User Objects Identify Observing Satellites Displayed information Example Browse Easy Polar Alignment Alternate Polar AlignmentsInitialize Autostar Two-Star Polar Alignment Erase Menu Option Periodic Error CorrectionUpdate Menu Option Train Menu Option Meade Series 4000 Eyepieces Optional Accessories Rear cells of Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain models Deep Sky Imager Maintenance Telescope Specifications Autostar II Handbox Specifications Advanced Autostar II System SpecificationsMeade Consumer Solutions City Country Latitude Appendix a Latitude ChartLatitude Chart for Major Cities of the World City State/Prov./Country Latitude Appendix B the Moon To observe the Apollo 15 landing site using the Moon option Operation IntroductionTraining Off UpdatePermanently Mounted Scopes Other Menus Options Save As and Load Appendix D How to Read the Latitude Scale Page Meade Limited Warranty